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May 12, 2020 · In the Middle Ages, getting married was easy for Christians living in western Europe. According to the church, which created and enforced marriage law, couples didn’t need the permission of their families or a priest to officiate.
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Jul 30, 2017 · Leyser goes on to reveal that during the Middle Ages couples got married all over the place – from trees to inns. This of course was because there were two kinds of marriage as anyone familiar with the convoluted story of Edward IV’s love life must be aware.
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Jan 10, 2015 · As the church's power grew through the Middle Ages, so did its influence over marriage. In 1215, marriage was declared one of the church's seven sacraments, alongside rites like baptism and...
Apr 25, 2016 · The canonical ages for marriage in the Middle Ages was 12 for girls and 14 for boys (the accepted ages of puberty). In practice, though, children were often married or betrothed (which could legally occur from age 7 onwards) much earlier than decreed.
Jul 9, 2020 · Getting Married in the Middle Ages. First, a caveat: the Middle Ages lasted a thousand years in places as different as Iceland and the Holy Land. So, things differed from place to place and from time to time. After all, did your grandmother get married in a similar way to you?
Jul 25, 2023 · While many marriages were happy and prosperous, it was still easy for one of the authors who most influenced the age (St. Jerome, 347-420 CE – not medieval himself) to quip, “Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.”
The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that continues to hinder women’s progress in the West today, but it also witnessed the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent.
